Fish River (Golovnin Bay)
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Fish River Ikalikhvik |
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 View from south of the Fish River; in the background the Bendeleben Mountains |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1402133 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Fish River | |
| Headwaters |
Bendeleben Mountains 65 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ N , 163 ° 5 ′ 32 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 730 m | |
| muzzle |
Nortonsund coordinates: 64 ° 35 ′ 2 " N , 163 ° 21 ′ 0" W 64 ° 35 ′ 2 " N , 163 ° 21 ′ 0" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 730 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5.2 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 140 km | |
| Left tributaries | Telephone Creek, Rathlatulik River, Etchepuk River | |
| Right tributaries | Boston Creek , Pargon River , Niukluk River | |
| Communities | White Mountain | |
The Fish River (English for "Fish River") is an approximately 140 km long tributary of Nortonsund in western Alaska .
The Fish River rises on the southern flank of the Bendeleben Mountains in the center of the Seward Peninsula . It flows south from the mountains and reaches a basin landscape about 40 m high. It flows through this initially in a south-south-east, later in a south-westerly direction. It passes an area rich in lakes and forms a strongly meandering behavior on this section of the river . A number of rivers flow into the Fish River which have their source in the Bendeleben Mountains. These are u. a. Telephone Creek from left, Boston Creek from right, Rathlatulik Rivers and Etchepuk Rivers from left, and the Pargon River from right. Then the Fish River cuts a range of 30 km in a south-westerly direction and reaches the coastal lowlands. The Niukluk River , the most important tributary of the Fish River, flows into the river from the west. 17 km above the estuary is the village of White Mountain on the left bank of the river. Immediately below White Mountain, the Fish River splits into two main branches. The river delta extends over a width of almost 10 km along the northern shore of the Golovnin lagoon , which opens to the Golovnin Bay in the southeast .
The Eskimo name of the river, Ikalikhvik , meaning "fish" was noted in 1838 by Alexander Filippowitsch Kaschewarow of the Russo -American Company , captain of the brig Polyfem . The current name comes from the US Geological Survey (USGS) from 1870.